Charon brought me here ;-)
Ah! I knew that was D'Aulaire's - my parents gave me that for my birthday when I was a very little girl, and we (I and my siblings) read it to pieces. Loved it! So fun to see it again and imagine Harry reading those well-told tales to his animals. *sigh* All we had were a few cats and a lot of stuffed animals and trolls. But they liked them, too. ;-)
This was a fun read - so very different! I love love love Snape as a snarky black army bunny. That so totally works!!!!
I'd love to have General on my pillow next to me. And to cuddle him and bathe him, heh he he.
All the animals were great, especially Charon - what a terrific name for him! And it's so lol that he's a bloodhound. Hee!